Building a Unified, Relevant, and Responsive Psychology
The awards are presented to those individuals and groups that have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to excellence in each category of psychological work they undertake as part of their everyday lives.
Please click on the links below to learn more about each award and nominate any individual or group that meets the eligibility criteria listed.
The Abstract Submission Deadline has been extended to Friday, 20 April 2018
We invite the global community of psychologists, activists, researchers and students to make their abstract submissions as soon as possible and contribute to topical dialogues on transformation, decolonisation, and community upliftment.
Affirming and troubling global and localised events all point to the need and significance of a psychology that listens with humility and acts with integrity. We look to submissions that will support the enactment of #MAMELA2018 as a liberatory, dialogic space.
We look forward to hosting you in Johannesburg, 11-14 September.
National events over the past year have highlighted numerous instances of abject disregard for human rights in the context of mental health care, education and respect for the dignity of persons. Twenty three years into democracy, social injustices continue in the form of gender-based violence, homophobia and racism among others. As a discipline, psychology is extremely concerned about events like the Life Esidimeni tragedy, the case of Michael Komape who drowned in a pit toilet at a government school and several other human rights violations characterising present day society.
Against this background, the 24th Annual South African Psychology Congress will be hosted in Johannesburg from 11 to 14 September 2018. The theme of the congress is Mamela Psychology. ‘Mamela’ is a Sesotho word meaning “listen”. This indigenous term wonderfully captures the essence of the discipline. The congress will focus on psychology’s role…to listen with humility and act with integrity
The Congress Committee welcomes presentations that focus on the congress theme and general areas of relevance to psychology. Submissions of scholarly and practice-oriented presentations, research posters and symposia are invited. The congress will showcase how the discipline can listen with humility and act with integrity through a wide range of voices.
Building on the success of the first-ever continental psychology congress, PAPU2017, the 24th Annual Psychology Congress (MAMELA2018) is proudly hosted by the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg. The congress boasts a scientific programme that will reflect global cutting-edge and critical trends, including epistemological, theoretical and applied developments whilst also addressing the need for a relevant, decolonised South African Psychology.
The theme of the congress is Mamela Psychology. ‘Mamela’ is a Sesotho word meaning “listen”. This indigenous term wonderfully captures the essence of the discipline. The congress will focus on psychology’s role…to listen with humility and act with integrity.
The Congress Committee welcomes presentations that focus on the congress theme and general areas of relevance to psychology. Submissions of scholarly and practice-oriented presentations, research posters and symposia are invited. The congress will showcase how the discipline can listen with humility and act with integrity through a wide range of voices.
By registering before 06 April 2018, PsySSA members and students can take advantage of a very attractive preferential Pre-Booking rate.
